Today, looking to hire new tech support members, but due to not looking over any resumés, my ex-wife is now one of our potential candidates. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I applied for a new job as a maintenance technician. About 10 minutes after submitting my resume, I received a rejection letter. My girlfriend is their HR person. FML
Today, at work, my colleague started to look for a new job. For me. FML
Today, I sent my resumé to a former coworker to get some pointers, except that I sent it to his old work email account and now my boss knows I’m looking for a new job. FML
Today, I found out my ex is applying for a job at my current company. She may become my boss. FML
Today, I was working my shift and my ex girlfriend came in to apply for a job. She broke up with me for another guy so i can't stand being in the same room as her. The manager talked to her and decided to hire her on the spot. I need to train her. FML
Today, my boss sent me some application forms to check over. After I spell-checked them and returned them, I found out they're going to be used to hire someone to replace me. FML
Today, the girl my ex-boyfriend cheated on me with had a job interview at my place of work. If she gets the job, she'll be my manager. FML
Today, my wife’s ex-boyfriend sent me a message with a screenshot of her trying to get in touch with him. FML
Today, while waiting for an interview at the career that I've been spending months tailoring my résumé for, I was thrown up on by my only competitor. Guess who got the job. FML
Today, after I fired a guy two weeks ago for being a lazy ass, I'd put his job out for applicants to apply, I was going to have the interviews. My assistant informed me only one person applied. It was him, applying to get his job back. I had to rehire him because the position needed filling today. FML
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Top comments
flyingflies 36
This is so ambiguous. Was it your job to sort the people applying for the job and you chose at random?
arano 29
Maybe at least look at the name just in case your high school bully is the next new employee.
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Comments (21)
StarOfDoom 26
I mean, if you are the one hiring, just deny her for another reason.
swanheart 35
As long as he doesn't state that as the reason he might be ok. This fml is really confusingly worded though. I'm not sure what it means
StarOfDoom 26
#10 Well, okay in this sense would be relative. He's probably not ALLOWED to, but he wouldn't get in trouble if he put another reason and didn't mention this.
swanheart 35
Yes that's what I was meaning in my post - you managed to explain it a bit better than me though!
thesmeagol 22
"That candidate didnt seem like a good fit for this company." Can't go wrong with that one.
andrmac 25
You could always say the actual reason and say it would be a conflict of interest to hire her.
joeywellz 6
You should've looked them over.
KayleeFrye 39
And you didn't look over resumes...why?
cocacola999 27
It's difficult to tell with the wording, but maybe OP meant that they were not the person in charge of looking over resumés? And someone else chose her? However, if OP has a management position, most companies would probably deny her a job because of conflicts in interests.
flyingflies 36
This is so ambiguous. Was it your job to sort the people applying for the job and you chose at random?
lunar999 23
I'm presuming that they work by looking exclusively at peoples qualifications/achievements so that they can't be biased.
vicfirthfan 11
but that's what a resume is for
flyingflies 36
Did someone edit the FML or did I miss the "due to"? It makes more sense now. YDI, OP.
arano 29
Maybe at least look at the name just in case your high school bully is the next new employee.
shinikageWolf 15
Well you could hire that jack ass, just so they can get used to having a paycheck and spending on bullshit, just to yank it away from them the second they **** up at work.
ulissey_fml 22
That must bug you a lot.
nmrhog 15
why didn't you look through the resumes?
yerawizardlizzy 27
How did this one get through moderation? This is one of the most poorly worded FMLs I've ever seen. Who is hiring? Why aren't they looking at resumes? If you aren't doing the hiring, how is someone else supposed to know who your ex-wife is, unless you were at the company the same time as your divorce? My brain hurts with this one.
Dilwann 27
Based on the wording, the ex-wife is looking for new employees and didn't look over the resumés. And she is 'their' potential candidate. Sounds like she is a bad recruiter, potentially getting a recruiter job.
bella_nana347 23
You should've looked over the résumés...
steve02134 7
If it's an "at will" state, not liking a person is a good enough reason to not hire someone - or to fire that person after hiring.